DC Direct 52 Action Figure: Isis

There wasn't a lot that appealed to me in the 52 action figure series. (I think there's only been one set of 52 figures, hasn't there?) Just Batwoman, and this one--the mighty Isis!

I will confess that, in this case, the main reason I wanted the figure was looks. She's just so darn pretty! (Okay, that and some vague childhood memories of the Shazam/Isis Hour.) I liked Isis in the comic series, was rather disappointed in her end but liked the character for the most part. But if the figure hadn't been so nicely done I probably wouldn't have made a point of getting her.

And she is beautiful. Gorgeous, even. The costume detailing is excellent (the sandals are amazing), the face regal and determined, the body reasonably toned and muscular.

Of course beautiful is only half the story, if that. Is she playable, you're asking. Well...I don't necessarily expect the DC Direct figures to be extremely playable because they're generally not. She has the basic articulation--knees, shoulders, elbows, neck. The wrists turn. The waist doesn't. The hair gets in the way of free head action but that's pretty usual for a long-haired figure. She cannot sit. (Although she can do a decent back-bend.) If we had an action-figure recliner she could use that if she leaned it all the way back, but we don't, so she'll probably spend her action-figure life standing or lying down.

And the elbow is weak. If we're not careful it's going to break, but the children have been alerted to that possibility. That's not really a design flaw, though, that's a problem with this particular figure.

I suppose I need to keep an eye out for a Black Adam now. At the moment someone has her standing next to Namor, but he seems unimpressed thus far.